it’s not that bad, really

We’ve added a map of the crime in the area. Basically just don’t leave stuff in your car…

Reedy Creek Cleanup

VCU students will help clean up Reedy Creek on Saturday, November 3rd from 9am-12pm. Help from the community at large will be needed and greatly appreciated! Meet at the corner of Roanoke St. and Dunston Ave. at 9am. Clean-up supplies will be provided.... (more...)

Students assaulted @ Wythe

Channel 12 is reporting on the assault of 3 Governor’s School students at George Wythe HS this afternoon. The students, while awaiting rides home, were attacked by 6 as-yet unnamed individuals, resulting in a concussion and several broken bones.... (more...)

Petersburg High School annual Homecoming Parade

will be this Friday, Nov. 2, starting at 5pm. Per the PPS homepage, “The parade will begin at the Wythe Street Pittman Building and travel east on Wythe Street to Sycamore Street.”

Best sexy halloween costume?

Westover Hills Library needs your help

The Westover Hills Library Advisory Group will be painting the meeting room in the Westover Hills Library over the weekends of November 10th and November 17th- both Saturday and Sunday. The first weekend will be prep, and the second weekend painting. If... (more...)

2 other web sites

Hey folks! If you find CJWN to be interesting, there are 2 new sites that you might like to know about: River District News, covering Rocketts to Manchester, went live this morning. Also coming online today is RVA News, a new Richmond news site that... (more...)

2 other web sites

Hey folks! If you find CHPN to be interesting, there are 2 new sites that you might like to know about: River District News, covering Rocketts to Manchester, went live this morning. Also coming online today is RVA News, a new Richmond news site that... (more...)

Bomb threats here, there, and everywhere!

Two more bomb threats today in Chesterfield County. “Woolridge Elementary School about 9:17 a.m., which was followed by a similar threat to L.C. Bird High School. ” according to the RTD Other related bomb threats? Chesterfield Town Center... (more...)

Seriously this Weekend

Posting the weekend to do list a little early this week. The reason — You might need a couple of days to “stew” over which event to go to. What to do on Saturday November 3, 2007 - The Urbanna Oyster Festival - lots of oysters, parade,... (more...)

RVANews: It’s alive!

This press release came in from RVANews: Wed., Oct. 31, 2007: PharrOut, LLC announced the release of RVANews.com today. In an effort to provide relevant and timely information to the Richmond community, the site merges aggregated news from local... (more...)

Coffee with a shot of recovery

Common Groundz, at 734 W. Broad St., stands in the midst of the burgeoning VCU campus. It has been open since April. Somewhat  different from the other coffee shops in the area, this one has an unusual story behind it, Common Groundz is owned and operated... (more...)

And along comes… RiverDistrictNews.com

The River District News launched today; this newest of the ‘hoodblogs will cover the footprint that is Shockoe Bottom, Shockoe Slip, Manchester, Tobacco Row, and the Rocketts area.

New pizzaria on Sheppard & Park has a name: Arianna’s

The people that brought you Mary Angela’s in Carytown have ventured into the Museum District with it’s latest pizza shop, Arianna’s. Arianna’s is at 700 Sheppard Street. They deliver as well. Anyone checked it out? Let us know... (more...)

(Drumroll): Announcing RVANews.com

You may have noticed that the ‘Community Blogs’ list has been growing. Until now, if you’ve wanted to check out what’s going on in Petersburg or in Jackson Ward or in Church Hill or in …, you’ve had to noodle around... (more...)

Chesterfield school bomb threats

In the past 9 days there have been 11 different bomb threats in 8 different schools in Chesterfield County. 4 of those bomb threats happened yesterday at Meadowbrook High School, Crestwood Elementary School and Clover Hill Elementary School. Read the... (more...)

Neighborhood Stormwater Meetings

North Richmond News has the info regarding Richmond’s Department of Public Utilities upcoming community meetings. These meetings will discuss efforts to establish a Stormwater Utility Program to prevent neighborhood flooding in the future. More... (more...)

One lane of Jahnke closed today

One lane of Jahnke Road at Belleau Drive, will be closed for road repairs. The work is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, Oct. 31, from 9 a.m. until about 3 p.m. All traffic will be alternated through the work area.

Halloween costume stores battle for business on Cary Street

The seasonal Halloween store “Spirit Halloween” opened its doors recently on Cary Street in the old Storehouse furniture location, much to the dismay of fellow Carytown merchant Premier Costumes. Both stores are competing for the costume shopper,... (more...)

“Build Schools Now!!” Campaign Kickoff - Nov. 5

The BUILD SCHOOLS NOW initiative was born in response to the letter written by the business community calling for the elimination of the elected school board and is the people’s cry to leadership to end fighting and finger pointing and make a capital... (more...)

Harvest Fest @ Siegel Center

Delegate Jennifer McClellan invites you and your family to dress up & come out and play! The 2nd Annual Harvest Fest is this evening from 6-8PM at The Siegel Center. Join us for a free, fun, safe place to trick or treat Halloween night. See the flyer... (more...)

serve healing and coffee

The RTD has a profile of Common Groundz, the coffee shop at 734 West Broad. Opened in April by recovering drug addicts, they are helping one another stay clean and hope they can encourage locals to get their buzz from caffeine instead of drugs or alcohol.

Welcome to River District News!

Welcome to River District News! River District News focuses on activities and events at the neighborhood level for the Shockoe Bottom, Shockoe Slip, Manchester, Tobacco Row, and Rocketts areas, and on larger events with direct impact on our community.... (more...)

looking for some stew?

Ukrop’s and First Market Bank present the 8th Annual Brunswick Stew Festival this Saturday, Nov.3, at the 17th Street Farmer’s Market. Stew masters from across the South, including Virginia’s own Brunswick County, come with their crews... (more...)

Rams face two preseason hurdles

Eric Maynor? Yes, the Rams junior point guard (pictured above) whose clutch jump shot at the 1.8 seconds mark snuffed the mighty Duke Blue Devils in the NCAA tournament last season, he’s back. Anthony Grant? Yes, as it turned out last season’s CAA... (more...)